Emilio Slaviero
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Dear Tatsunoya Co., Ltd.,
We are sending you this message to congratulate you on reaching this important milestone in the Japanese and global music industry.
Atelier Slaviero is honoured to have been working with you for so long and thanks you for the trust you have always shown in us, believing in the quality of our bows.
Wishing you all the best for a long and prosperous future, Atelier Slaviero will be delighted to support you by continuing to guarantee the quality of Italian craftsmanship.
Emilio and Luca Slaviero
Emilio Slaviero, internationally trained, is one of the most renowned and established Italian bow makers.
Born in Cremona in 1955, he studied Natural Sciences at the University of Parma whilst also attending courses at the Vocational Training Centre (Centro di Formazione Professionale) for the Lombardy Region, based in Cremona, where he graduated as master bow maker in 1982.
Driven by his desire to broaden his training and education, in the 1980's he met the family Grünke in Nürnberg, Germany, deepening his knowledge of antique and modern German bow making. Also at this time, due to an encounter with Jean Grunberger and Frédérick Becker in Cremona, he was introduced to the world of French bow making. It was in the 1990's that Emilio Slaviero began frequenting the Parisian workshop of Jean-François Raffin, from whom over a long professional relationship, he learned the techniques of restoration of antique French bows. Along with these skills he developed a profound knowledge of history that led him to soon be a point of reference for expertise in, and attribution of, antique bows.
In 1983 he opened his own professional workshop in his hometown of Cremona. The workshop distinguishes itself in the construction of new bows, favouring the stylistic models taken from the great French tradition (particularly FX Tourte and D. Peccatte). Thoughtfully adapted to modern performance practices, the workshop also specialises in creating exact replicas of bows of classical makers, bows made with materials and contruction principles respectfully philological, used for baroque and classical music repertoires. A good part of the workshop's time, however, is taken up by the restoration and maintenance of bows of all models and ages, and offering particular expertise in the evaluation and appraisal of bows of the French school.
His ample success with Italian and international musicians has spanned many decades. From 1987 to 1992 he held the postition of Official Bow Maker of the “Tibor Varga Foundation” in Sion, Switzerland, for the technical support and maintenance of the bows belonging to participants and members of the jury of the foundation's international competition. In 1994 he attended the World Bass Festival in Avignon organized by the Octo-Bass Association. The affirmation of his work came about when in 2007lends his professionalism in Rome for evaluations and expertise. Among his clients include important institutions such as the Instruments Museum of The Luigi Cerubini Conservatory of Florence (now the Accademia Gallery), utilising his expertise in French bows, also, the Conservatiorium of Music, Genoa, for which he restored the bow of Niccolò Paganini. He has provided his own bows to important musicians engaged in special occasions such as the members of the Borromeo String Quartet, who were invited to take part in the funeral service of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, and to the orchestra of the Teatro Petruzzelli of Bari ,under the direction of Maestro Roberto Abbado.
Along with his work as a bow maker, Emilio Slaviero has long been committed to the cultural develpoment of bow making. He taught for nearly two decades at the Vocational Training Centre of Cremona as principal bow making teacher, teaching workshop and style. He has also taught, for brief periods, at the Civic School of Violin Making in Milan (restoration and maintenance), The International School of Violin Making in Cremona I.p.i.a.l.l (maintenance), The International Institution of Violin Making, Music Culture and the Arts, Cremona (baroque bows). In addition to his work as a teacher, he has, in the recent past, held conferences in Tokyo (Cenni style and recognition of the expertise of French bow making 1800's to present), Istanbul (the origin and evolution of the bow from 1750 to the present), and in Rome (on the same subjects). In previous years, he had spoken at the conservatories of Salerno (Introduction and Report on the origins of the Bow, up to FX Tourte, 1748-1835) and Campobasso (General knowledge on maintenance and notes on the construction of the bow) and also in other European cities (Martigny, Switzerland and Valencia, Spain). He also organized and coordinated seminars and conferences in the presence of JF Raffin (Cremona in 2004, and Perugia in 2006) and other esteemed colleagues (Tim Baker, Daniel Schmidt).
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